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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

5450	For Kripke, essence is origin; for Putnam, essence is properties; for Wiggins, essence is membership of a kind [Kripke, by Mautner]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

17055

Atomic number 79 is part of the nature of the gold we know [Kripke]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

16997

An essential property is true of an object in any case where it would have existed [Kripke]

17045

De re modality is an object having essential properties [Kripke]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

17030

Important properties of an object need not be essential to it [Kripke]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species

16955

Kripke says internal structure fixes species; I say it is genetic affinity and a common descent [Kripke, by Dummett]

16996

Given that Nixon is indeed a human being, that he might not have been does not concern knowledge [Kripke]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Kripke claims that some properties, only knowable posteriori, are known a priori to be essential [Kripke, by Soames]

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An essence is the necessary properties, derived from an intuitive identity, in origin, type and material [Kripke, by Witt]